Quote Originally Posted by Morningstar1337 View Post
That's just the way it has been for Vanity items. Minions from dungeons had been rare drops since Brayflox, Mounts need some excessive Grinding of either Primals or FLs. Pure Glamour Items are almost always gated by crafting of the highest level and amount of stars as the amount of patches with expensive mats.
Well, I'll give you the minions one, but mounts, I can't validate. You could just do a single run of Bismarck EX and see the mount drop, and you're done. But this is a situation that is the same for EVERYONE, which means everyone is gonna have to go through some level/degree of grinding, be it 222 fates and extremely good luck, or 1000 fates and the worst luck ever. But if you obtain an item, from a duty, that's it. You're done.

Regarding crafting, gil is an option. There is no convenience option in this event. They could have made it so you can purchase legendary medals through the normal Yokai medals, or purchase the weapons directly through a certain amount of Yokai medals.